Our Own School—An Injunction?

(Speech delivered at the last consistorial league meeting). OUR CATECHISM, OUR CHURCH ORDER, THE BAPTISMAL FORM, AND THE SCHOOL QUESTION I have been asked to introduce the following question: Do Lord's Day 38 of our Heidelberg Catechism, Article 21 of our Church Order, and the Baptismal Pledge enjoin us to have schools of our own? Two remarks of a general nature may serve to introduce my introduction. First, I am not too concerned about the question whether or not these particular passages...